This special edition of Food Chain focuses on Fair Trade and its relevance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With its emphasis on producer empowerment, living wages, fair pricing, and long-term partnerships, linked to socially focused businesses and supply chains, the Fair Trade movement aims to transform both production and consumption and contribute to wider systemic change that supports sustainable livelihoods. We refer to Fair Trade (two words) as a broad range of organizations and campaigning networks, including Fairtrade (one word) certification, social enterprises, and cooperatives that espouse Fair Trade principles and support the International Fair Trade Charter (2018).

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Schoen, V., Durrant, R., Fishpool, M. and Dooris, M. (2016) ‘CSO–academic collaboration: theory and practice’ [online], Food Research Collaboration <https://foodresearch.org.uk/publications/cso-academic-collaboration-theory-and-practice/> [accessed 9 February 2020].

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Tallontire, A., Mendoza, A., Justice, J., Kour, H., Kaiser, J. and Hastings, J. (2019) ‘Towards a collaborative approach between practitioners and academics: insights from an academic-Fairtrade collaboration’, Food Chain 9(1): xxx–xxx.

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